Research Journal for Veterinary Practitioners

Research Article
Res. J. Vet. Pract. 4 (1): 7 - 10
Http://dx.doi.org/10.14737/journal.rjvp/2016/4.1.7.10
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Mujahid Ali Shah1, Abdul Khalique Samoon1, Mir Azeem Talpur1*, Naqash Goswami1, Kanwar Kumar Malhi2, Abdullah G Arijo1

 

1Department of Veterinary Parasitology, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Sindh Agriculture University, 70060, Pakistan; 2Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, 70060, Pakistan.

Abstract | The present study was conducted to determine the effect of chickpea and carrot feeding on body weight gain of guinea pigs. For this purpose, guinea pigs (n=8, 4 male+4 female) were divided in 2 groups: group A was fed with chickpeas, and group B with carrots. Both groups were given access to water ad-libitum. The observation was recorded on body weight from day 4 to 14 (0-10 days). The results indicated that average body weight gain of male and female guinea pigs in group A was 7.2±0.80 g and 6.9±0.47 g, while, in group B it was 3.7±0.26 g and 3.1±0.23 g, respectively. A 48.61 and 55.07% higher weight gain was recorded in male and female animals of Group A, respectively, than in group B. The data revealed that average body weight gain of guinea pigs in group A (where the animals were fed on chickpeas) were linearly increased from day 1 to day 10. The results further concluded that male animals gain higher body weight than the female in both groups. The ANOVA demonstrated a significant (P<0.05) difference in average body weight gain of guinea pigs from day 0 to day 10 among the groups, however no significant (P>0.05) difference in average body weight gain (g) of guinea pigs was noted between male and female animals. It was concluded that guinea pigs gained rapid body weight gain when supplemented with chickpeas as compared to carrot feeding. 

Keywords | Chickpea, Carrot, Guinea pig, feeding, Weight gain